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"They say you can stay at their house for as long as you need to - without paying rent or
doing anything." A girl posted information online about her difficult living and financial
situation. A man in Baltimore Maryland contacted her and promised her food and a
place to stay. He sent a car to pick her up, but it dropped her off at a local motel where
he immediately took a picture of her and placed an ad online offering her for
commercial sex.
Source: BaltimorePimp.pdf (jten.mil)
“They say they’ll rescue you from a bad situation” A girl posted about having run away
from a foster care home. She was contacted by a person who offered her shelter. He
brought her to his home and gave her marijuana, had sex with her, and then advertised
her online. Over 300 men responded to a single ad.
Source: BaltimorePimp.pdf (jten.mil)
"They say they know someone who can get you a great job - you just need to meet them
in a foreign place." In early 2006, a contractor put ads in newspapers all over Latvia and
Estonia. In the ads, he said that welders and pipe fitters were needed in the United
States. The ads said that anybody hired would get a green card (permanent residency)
and would be able to bring his family with him to the United States. The ads said
anybody who was interested should go to one of several seminars at various locations in
Latvia and Estonia. After an interview, Dimitri was told he was qualified but that he
would need to pay a recruitment fee of $11,000. Dimitri used his life savings ($5,500)
and was able to pay the other $5,500 a week later by borrowing from family and friends.
After paying more money, he was flown to the U.S. But once here, he was not given a
green card; instead he was housed in substandard conditions and worked extremely
hazardous welding assignments on rigs without safety measures. This went on for over a
year before one of the men attempted suicide and the trafficking ring was exposed.
Source: LMHT_0.pdf (jten.mil), pg. 110-112
There is a too easy process for getting a secure, well-paying job. A young woman
responded to an ad by an employment agency for a nanny. The ad said no experience
was necessary and cited a salary in the high five figures. When she applied and sent her
picture, she was immediately contacted and told “you’ve got the job.” The employment
agency sent her a plane ticket to New York City. When she arrived at Kennedy Airport,
she was met by a man and a woman, who confiscated her I.D. and placed her in debt
bondage, essentially telling her that she already owed them a lot of money for the ticket
and for rent, food, and clothing. They told her she had two choices to work off the debt:
stripping in Newark or performing massages in Brooklyn. She chose massages, thinking
that she would be giving regular massages, but it turned out to be a front for
prostitution.
Source: LMHT_0.pdf (jten.mil), pg. 174-175